Fire Prevention Week 2004

[Quincy]

In our township we only have one elementery school to attend and teach the school kids about fire prevention.
The reason for this thread is aquire ideas about how to teach these kids about the job we do and the prevention of fires, pass on type to there parents about the prevention and planing escape routes.

Right know we have some guys that love to teach the kindergarden to 1st grade, so these youngsters are looked after for the time being.

Grade 7 & 8 are given a fire extinghisher demonstration, if weather dictates.

As you can see grade 2 to grade 6 are a bit left out with ideas.

Every yeaar we bring all the vehicules to the school, a firefighter gets dressed in his gear with BA and goes from class to class to show what we look like when we work at a fire scene. We normally smoke the school with artificiel smoke, but since last year we can't because the fire/smoke alarm is to sensitive for this and is set off by this artificiel smoke.

The population of the school is approx. 90 to 100 students and approx 15 teachers and support staff.

I'm looking for ideas and suggestions to get the message across to these kids about the job we all do and fire prevention.

All ideas or suggestions would be gratefully appreciated before Sunday October 3rd, 2004.

[telesquirt]

one of the props i like to use is called 'the hazzard house'.
it's a cross section of a house and has all kinds of interactive accesories, like working smoke alarms and smoke pots so the kids can see how smoke can move through stairwells and open doorways--the kids think it's pretty cool.
grades 2 to 6 are chock full of questions so if you are good at playing things off the cuff you can use that to your advantage and get some good fire safety discussions going with them.

at that age about the best thing to do is to try and drive home the basic fire safety rules and home escape plans---maybe show a sparky video and just get them used to who we are and what we do. i always stress that we need them to help us do our job and keep them safe by practicing what we teach them with their families and younger siblings or friends---maybe it will stick a bit longer if you give them a job to do.


hope this helps.

[bcfire]

QUINCY, CONTACT SHANE FURGUSON AT STAYING ALIVE .CA
HE IS A FIREFIGHTER WITH A FIRE PREVENTION SITE FOR KIDS.
AFTER YOU DO YOUR DEMOS ETC. WITH YOUR STUDENTS YOU CAN GIVE THEM A CD WITH A GAME ON FIRE ESCAPE. I DID THIS WITH OUR SCHOOL KIDS AND THEY REALLY LIKED IT. THE CD MAY NOT WORK FOR THE HIGHER GRADES BUT MAYBE YOU COULD ARRANGE A FIRE DRILL AT THE SCHOOL AND OBSERVE AND TIME THE WHOLE THING. OH, BY THE WAY, SHANE'S STUFF IS FREE TOO!
TAKE CARE, BCFIRE

[FireEMTGuy]

Portable education houses like the one telesquirt stated are excellent tools for kids and even the general public to learn about fire safety.

Filling it with the artifical smoke gives the kids a better understanding of a fire and its enviroment.

I have a website kicking around somewheres on them, I will see if I can find it.

Have a good Fire Prev. Week and have fun with it!

[ChiefCoonDog]

For the schools in our area we use different tools for each age group. From colouring contests for early grades to word searches for middle grades to poster contests or essay contest for the older children. There are all kinds of activities from the sites: NFPA, Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal and the Fire Marshal's Public Fire Safety Council web sites. P.S. The hazard house is a great tool, however, the new one is about $6,000.00 to &,000.00.